Former three-belt cruiserweight champ and WBA heavyweight titlist, David Haye, is said to have recently severed ties with long-time manager-trainer Adam Booth in order to permanently establish a base in the United States. It's also being reported that Haye will soon announce his plans to align himself with powerful advisor/manager, Al Haymon. The move would give Haymon three … [Read more...]
Veteran Heavyweights In Action This Weekend: Tony Thompson 264, vs Odlanier Solis, 255
by Johnny Walker At the age of 41, US heavyweight veteran Tony Thompson had a resurgent year in 2013, making the trip to Liverpool, the back yard of 6' 9" heavyweight giant David Price twice to stop the man many had already anointed as the successor to the world champion Klitschko brothers, at least in the UK. Thompson then decided to make a move designed to get him a … [Read more...]
Dereck Chisora, Tyson Fury and . . . David Haye? It’s Heavyweight Fight Weekend in the UK!
By Johnny Walker Let's face it, without the UK heavyweights over the last couple of years, there often wouldn't have been much for fans of heavyweight boxing to talk about. With WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko mostly out of action both due to injury and his new career in politics, and brother Wlad, who owns the rest of the major belts, not producing the … [Read more...]
Heat Treatment: Heavyweight Division Sizzles With Title Eliminators and Other Treats for 2014
by Johnny Walker If boxing's heavyweight division was, as this writer has contended, underrated in the value it provided in 2011 and 2012, there's no getting around the fact that in 2013 it did kind of suck. When even Klitschko fans can't really defend an aesthetic disaster like the world champion Wladimir 's Povetkin fight, you know times are tough. Actually, even the … [Read more...]
Tyson Fury Finds Opponent For February 15: Takes On Gonzalo Omar Basile
by Johnny Walker Rising Anglo-Irish heavyweight Tyson Fury has been left fuming of late, as a proposed mega-fight with UK veteran David Haye fell through twice, with Haye suffering somewhat mysterious injuries just as two dates for the fight grew near. Fury has seen his rankings fall as a result, and now hopes to get his career back in motion after a wasted 2013 on … [Read more...]